Genesis 19:34:13Gen.19.34.W13TAB
שִׁכְבִ֣י
shikhvi
“lie”
- Transliteration
- shikh-VI
- Extended
- shihkh-VEE
- IPA
- /ʃix.ˈviː/
Meaning by language
- English
- lie
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
shikh-VI
- phraseyour reading level
shikh-VI im-MO
- clause
na-she-KEN-nu YA-yin gam-hal-LAI-la u-vo-I shikh-VI im-MO u-ne-khai-YE me-a-vi-NU ZA-ra
- sentence
va-ye-HI mim-ma-kho-RAT va-TO-mer ha-be-khi-RA el-ha-tse-i-RA hen-sha-KHAV-ti E-mesh et-a-VI na-she-KEN-nu YA-yin gam-hal-LAI-la u-vo-I shikh-VI im-MO u-ne-khai-YE me-a-vi-NU ZA-ra
Exegesis
The Hifil cohortative nashkennu {נַשְׁקֶנּוּ | naš-qen-nû} “let us make him drink” outlines their plan into hallaylah {הַלַּיְלָה | ha-lay-lāh}, followed by imperatives uvo'i {וּבֹאִי | û-ḇō-ʾî} “go in” and shikhvi {שִׁכְבִי | šiḵ-bî} “lie down” directing immo {עִמּוֹ | ʿim-mô}.
Root and etymology
sh-kh-vshin–kaf–bet
“to lie down”
In context — Genesis 19:34
And it happened on the next day that the older said to the younger, “Behold, I lay with my father last night. Let us make him drink wine also tonight, and you go in and lie with him, and we will preserve offspring from our father.”
About this coordinate
Genesis 19:34:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Genesis 19:34, so the Hebrew word שִׁכְבִ֣י (shikhvi) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Gen.19.34.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.19.34.W13.S1) and character.